lastborn

Baby of family

Lastborn refers to the youngest child in a family—the one born after all siblings: As the lastborn, she was spoiled by everyone.

The term appears in discussions of birth order and its supposed effects on personality, where lastborns are stereotyped as charming, rebellious, or attention-seeking.

Also spelled last-born.

birth-order

youngest

Least old

ultimate · concluding · terminal · tailender · caboose · runt · afterthought · latecomer · trailing · closing

indulged

spoiled

Ruined or overindulged

doted · cherished · babied · cosseted · overprotected · sheltered · treasured · adored · petted · mollycoddled

family-dynamics

attention

Focused mental awareness

attachment · protection · care · support · guidance · dethroning · favoritism · inheritance · succession · lineage

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birth order position

lastbornfirstborn

First child born

eldest · first-born · oldest child · eldest child · middle child

Family

last, lasting, born, unborn, reborn, outlast, last-born

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